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Angel
·noun Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
II. Angel ·noun A <<Messenger>>.
III. Angel ·noun A ministe...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Angel
A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a "messenger," and hence employed to denote any age...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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The Angel
Langbourn Ward extends along Lombard Street to the sign of the Angell almost to the corner by the St...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Shot
·pl of Shot.
II. Shot ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Shoot.
III. Shot ·vt To load with shot, as a gun.
IV. Sh...
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shot
To pay one's shot; to pay one's share of a reckoning. Shot betwixt wind and water; poxed or clapped....
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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shot
Another pronunciation of the word scot, a reckoning.
As the fund of our pleasure, let each pay his ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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shot
All sorts of missiles to be discharged from fire-arms, those for great guns being mainly of iron; fo...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Angel fish
·- ·see under <<Angel>>.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Angel Alley
1) West out of Bishopsgate in Bishopsgate Ward Without between Nos. 137 and 138 (O. and M. 1677-to O...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court
1) East out of Milton Street in Cripplegate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746 to O.S. 1880).
At No.68 in L...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Inn
1) On the west side of Fleet Market at No.53. In Farringdon Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831)....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Passage
,-South out of Upper Thames Street at No.95, adjoining Dyers' Hall and leading to Dyers' Hall Wharf ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Place
South out of Skinner Street to Angel Alley. In Bishopsgate Ward Without (O.S. 1848-51).
Former name...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Square
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Horwood, 1799-Lockie, 1816).
" Angel Alley "...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Street
1) East out of King Edward Street at No.9 to St. Martin's le Grand (P.O. Directory). In Aldersgate W...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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angel-fish
The Squatina angelus, of the shark family. It inhabits the northern seas, is six or eight feet long,...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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angel-head
The hook or barb of an arrow; probably angle-head.
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Anchor shot
·add. ·- A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.
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Burrel shot
·- A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, ·etc., fired from a cannon at short range, ...
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Case shot
·- A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister.
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Flight-shot
·noun The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot, — about the fifth of a mile.
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Headmold shot
·- ·Alt. of Headmould shot.
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Headmould shot
·- An old name for the condition of the skull, in which the bones ride, or are shot, over each other...
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Masse shot
·noun A stroke made with the cue held vertically.
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Pot shot
·add. ·- Lit., a shot fired simply to fill the pot; hence, a shot fired at an animal or person when ...
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Shot samples
·add. ·- Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granul...
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Shot-clog
·noun A person tolerated only because he pays the shot, or reckoning, for the rest of the company, o...
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Shot-free
·adj Not to be injured by shot; shot-proof.
II. Shot-free ·adj Free from charge or expense; hence, ...
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Shot-proof
·adj Impenetrable by shot.
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Sight-shot
·noun Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Snap shot
·add. ·- Act of taking a snapshot (in sense 2).
II. Snap shot ·add. ·- A quick offhand shot, made w...
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Split shot
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Split stroke.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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buck-shot
n.
a settlers' term for ageological formation. See quotation.
1851. `The Australasian Quarterly,' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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shanghai-shot
n.
a short distance,a stone's-throw.
1874. Garnet Walch, `Head over Heels' [Introduction toTottlep...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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by a long shot
By a long way; by a great deal.
Mr. Divver offered a resolution summarily removing the superintende...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slung-shot
An offensive weapon formed of two leaden or iron bullets fastened together by a piece of rope five o...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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shot-flagon
the host's pot, given where the guests have drank above a shilling's worth of ale. Derb.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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canister shot
See case-shot, common.
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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chain-shot
Two balls connected either by a bar or chain, for cutting and destroying the spars and rigging of an...
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chilled shot
Shot of very rapidly cooled cast-iron, i.e. cast in iron moulds, and thus found to acquire a hardnes...
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ear-shot
The distance or range of hearing.
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eye-shot
Within sight.
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fresh shot
A river swollen by rain or tributaries; it also signifies the falling down of any great river into t...
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gun-shot
Formerly, the distance up to which a gun would throw a shot direct to its mark, without added elevat...
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hail-shot
Small shot for cannon.
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hollow shot
Introduced principally for naval use before the horizontal firing of shells from guns became general...
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hot-shot
Balls made red-hot in a furnace. Amongst the savages in Bergou, the women are in the rear of the com...
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long-shot
A distant range. It is also used to express a long way; a far-fetched explanation; something incredi...
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musket-shot
Was the computed distance of 400 yards, now undergoing change.
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random shot
A shot, or coup perdu, made when the muzzle is highly elevated; the utmost range may be at an angle ...
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round shot
The cast-iron balls fitting the bores of their respective guns, as distinguished from grape or other...
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sand-shot
Those cast in moulds of sand, when economy is of more importance than form or hardness; the small ba...
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shot-locker
A compartment built up in the hold to contain the shot.
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shot-net
A mackerel-net.
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shot-plugs
Tapered cones to stop any sized shot-hole.
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shot-racks
Wooden frames fixed at convenient distances to contain shot.
There are also, of recent introductio...
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spent shot
A shot that has lost its penetrative velocity, yet capable of inflicting grave injury as long as it ...
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tier-shot
That kind of grapeshot which is secured in tiers by parallel iron discs.
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trundle-shot
An iron bolt 16 or 18 inches long, with sharp points, and a ball of lead just inside each head.
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quarter-shot
See water-shot
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water-shot
, or quarter-shot.
When a ship is moored, neither across the tide, nor right up and down, but quar...
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Angel Alley, Houndsditch
North-east out of Houndsditch to Gravel Lane (Strype, 1720-Boyle, 1799). In Portsoken Ward.
Subsequ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court, Minories
1) West out of the Minories to Vine Street. (Rocque, 1746.) In Portsoken Ward.
Formerly called: " E...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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case-shot, common
Called also canister-shot. Adapted for close quarters if the enemy be uncovered. It consists of a nu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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cross-bar-shot
The famed cross-bar-shot, or properly bar-shot, used by the Americans: when folded it presented a ba...
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double-headed shot
Differing from bar-shot by being similar to dumb-bells, only the shot are hemispherical.
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spherical case-shot
See shrapnel shell.
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Angel Alley, Aldersgate Street
See Edmund Place.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, Golden Lane
See Angel Court.
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Angel Alley, London Wall
See Leathersellers' Buildings.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, Nightingale Lane
West out of Nightingale Lane at No.22 to Sun Yard, the third turning on the right from Upper East Sm...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, Stoney Lane
North out of Stoney Lane, west of Angel Court. In Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720).
Removed for er...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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(The) Angel and Three Crowns
-In St. Paul's Churchyard, 1673 (L. and P. Chas. II. XIV.).
No later reference.
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Angel Court, Golden Lane
East out of Golden Lane near the northern boundary of The City (Lockie, 1810 ; Elmes, 1831). In Crip...
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Angel Court, Hart Street
See New London Street.
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Angel Court, Stoney Lane
North out of Stoney Lane, the third turning west from Middlesex Street (Rocque, 1746). In Portsoken ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Court, Throgmorton Street
North out of Throgmorton Street at No. 34a (P.O. Directory).
It leads to Copthall Court and is in B...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Passage, Skinner Street
See Angel Place.
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Angel Of The Lord
(Genesis 16:7) etc. (The special form in which God manifested himself to man, and hence Christ's vis...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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shot in the neck
Drunk. A Southern phrase.
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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throw of the shot
See dispart of the shot
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The Sailor's Word-Book
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dispart, or throw of the shot
The difference between the semi-diameter of the base-ring at the breech of a gun, and that of the ri...
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flight of a shot
The trajectory formed between the muzzle of the gun and the first graze.
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moor quarter-shot, to
To moor quartering, between the two ways of across and along.
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Angel Alley, Upper Thames Street
See Angel Passage.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel and Sugar Loaf Yard
In the Minories (Strype, 1755-Boyle, 1799).
Not named in the maps.
Named after a house there with ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Brown's Yard, Angel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Brown's Court.
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Sugar Loaf (Sugarloaf) Court, Angel Alley
South out of Angel Alley, in Bishopsgate Ward Without (Rocque, 1746-Elmes, 1831).
First mention: "S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Angel Alley, St. Martin le Grand
See Angel Street.
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Fasal Cock Yard, Angel Alley, Bishopsgate
See Pheasant Court.
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A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.